1997 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1997 Leekes British Open Squash Championships was held at the Welsh Institute of Sport with the later stages being held at the Wales National Ice Rink in Cardiff from 31 March- 6 April 1997. The event was won by Michelle Martin for the fifth consecutive year defeating Sarah Fitzgerald in a repeat of the 1996 final.^[1][2][3]

Seeds[]

Draw and results[]

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Qualifying Round[]

Player One	Player Two	Score
	Melanie Jans	9–0 9–3 9–1
		9–5 9–5 6–9 9–6
Natalie Grainger	Maha Zein	9–4 9–1 9–0
Stephanie Brind	Senga Macfie	9–4 7–9 9–3 9–4
	Tegwen Malik *	3–9 9–3 9–1 9–5

Lucky Loser* due to the withdrawal of Cassie Jackman.

First round[]

Player One	Player Two	Score
Sarah Fitzgerald	Salma Shabana	9–2 9–0 9–1
Michelle Martin	Jade Wilson	9–7 9–0 9–1
Sue Wright	Leilani Joyce (Marsh)	9–4 9–2 9–2
Liz Irving		4–9 9–2 9–4 9–5
Suzanne Horner (née Burgess)		9–1 9–0 9–7
Carol Owens	Vicki Cardwell (née Hoffman)	9–0 9–7 9–6
Sabine Schoene		9–5 2–9 9–6 9–3
Claire Nitch		9–4 9–6 9–0
Fiona Geaves		9–2 9–0 9–6
Linda Charman		9–0 9–1 9–1
Jane Martin	Stephanie Brind	9–2 7–9 9–3 9–7
Rebecca Macree	Vanessa Atkinson	9–5 9–0 9–2
Robyn Cooper	Sarah Cook	9–6 9–5 5–9 9–2
Natalie Grainger		9–5 9–7 10–8
Philippa Beams		9–10 9–1 9–1 9–3
Rachael Grinham	Tegwen Malik	9–7 9–2 9–10 3–9 9–3

Second round[]

Player One	Player Two	Score
Martin M	Cooper	9–3 9–7 9–5
Owens	Beams	9–2 9–4 9–1
Geaves	Schoene	9–6 10–8 4–9 9–4
Martin J	Grinham	9–6 9–2 9–2
Fitzgerald	Nitch	9–4 9–2 9–1
Irving	Grainger	9–4 7–9 9–3 9–4
Wright	Macree	7–9 3–9 9–4 9–6 9–4
Charman	Horner	9–3 9–3 8–10 5–9 9–1

Quarter-finals[]

Player One	Player Two	Score
Martin M	Owens	9–3 9–3 9–4
Geaves	Martin J	9–2 9–10 9–4 9–2
Fitzgerald	Irving	9–1 9–3 9–2
Wright	Charman	9–7 9–5 9–4

Semi-finals[]

Player One	Player Two	Score
Fitzgerald	Wright	9–2 7–9 9–2 9–1
Martin	Geaves	9–4 9–0 9–1

Final[]

Player One	Player Two	Score
Martin	Fitzgerald	9–5 9–10 9–5 9–5

References[]